News: UN Official Urges European Union to Set Good Example In Refugee Protection

(UN News Centre) April 30, 2010 – The head of the United Nations refugee agency has urged European Union (EU) members to serve as examples of the proper treatment of refugees and to forge a cohesive regional response to new forms of forced displacement, including population movement caused by the effects of climate change. Speaking […]

New Report: International Law and the Victims of Climate Change

The American Security Project (ASP) is a non-profit, bipartisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. They released a new report last week in their “Perspectives” publications […]

Video: "Emerging Policy Perspectives on Human Mobility in a Changing Climate"

Here is the recorded webcast from the panel discussion last week entitled “Emerging Policy Perspectives on Human Mobility in a Changing Climate”. It was put on by the UN University Office at the UN New York during Climate Week in NYC. The three objectives of the panel were to increase public awareness about the impact […]

Mobility Key to Climate Change Adaptation, Say Experts

edToolbar() (IRIN) September 15, 2009 – “Migration and mobility are always seen as exceptions but they are the norm. Mobility helps people get out of poverty,” s aid Cecelia Tacoli, senior researcher with London-based NGO the International Institute for Environment and Development. “If people affected by climate change lack access to resources or need to […]

Climate-related Migration Estimates Flawed, Researchers Say

(IRIN) September 9, 2009 – Many recent studies have put the number of climate-change-related migrants at between 200 million and one billion by 2050, but critics say given insufficient data it is impossible to estimate the number. Some say inflated figures have spurred “fear-of-migration” rhetoric from policymakers and leaders. “It seems unlikely the alarmist predictions of […]

IOM, UNEP Sign Cooperation Agreement

(IOM) September 4, 2009 – Geneva, Switzerland – IOM Director General William Lacy Swing and Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), have today signed a cooperation agreement pledging closer cooperation between the two organizations in the field of climate change, the environment and migration. kamagra cheapest The agreement between IOM […]